Monday, August 20, 2012

Must Have Monday

Today was my first official day "back on the job," and my brain is in overload! I hope you all are having a great beginning of your year either with your staff or with your new kiddos!

My teaching must-haves...

I love my toy microphones. We use these for Share Chair, guided reading, and our SuperKid News Reports. The kids LOVE talking into these, and I'll admit, I love talking in them, too. ;)

This is one of my favorite "attention getters." I blow my train whistle twice, and the students cheer "ALL ABOARD!"

I think that business card magnets are the best adhesive magnets! They are always pretty strong, and the stickiness actually works. I also love them because they're easy to cut in different ways. I buy mine from good 'ole Amazon.

And I just can't get rid of my ginormous ghetto stereo circa 1992. Even though our computers play through the ceiling speakers, I love that my kids can be trained to work the stereo during the first week of school. I count on them to start the clean-up song for the entire year! (I use the instrumental version of "We Will Rock You.") Transitioning to clean-up time is so incredibly easy... the song starts and the kids get movin'!